“Examples of contempt include giving false evidence to a parliamentary committee, threatening a Member of Parliament, forging documents and attempting to bribe members. “

Which seems to cover Chris Grayling’s outright lies when questioned by the Work and Pensions Committee last week. If Grayling is found guilty of Contempt of Parliament he could, in theory, be committed to the Clock Tower under Big Ben. Which would be kind of a laugh. This hasn’t happened since 1886, when secularist Charles Bradlaugh took his seat in Parliament despite refusing to take a religious oath. Grayling’s fibs are far less noble, but sadly these days he would be more likely to be suspended or expelled from Parliament.

It’s entirely possible that if the Work and Pensions Committee members are made aware of Grayling’s lies and take no action then they may be in Contempt of Parliament themselves. So let’s make sure they know all about it. Below is a list of the member of the Work and Pensions Committee, along with contact details.

Harriett Baldwin (acting Chair of the meeting and the person who asked the question Grayling was responding to)
@HBaldwinMP
harriett.baldwin.mp@parliament.ukhttp://www.facebook.com/harriettbaldwin
Tory

14 responses to “Grass Up Grayling”

We have more dirt on A4E, the performance figures may have been largely ignored by the MSM, but I doubt these revelations will be.

Weeks after making a large donation to a think-tank which is little more than a front for funnelling money to the Conservative party, Emma Harrison and a group from A4E were sat with Grayling and IDS (amongst others) discussing how A4E could benefit from the state’s withdrawal from provision from numerous services. Bids competing with A4E were sent straight to the shredder for contracts they have effectively been promised, no matter how competitive their bid. Grayling receiving payments from several companies bidding for workfare contracts. Whistles are being blown, we have corroborating evidence, testimony from witnesses, and a significantly detailed paper trail.

This is further disproved by the statement in the providers guidance, which has now been removed which read: “Where you are providing support for JSA participants, which is work experience you must mandate participants to this activity. This is to avoid the National Minimum Wage Regulations, which will apply if JSA participants are not mandated.”

It’s entirely possible that if the Work and Pensions Committee members are made aware of Grayling’s lies and take no action then they may be in Contempt of Parliament themselves. So let’s make sure they know all about it. Below is a list of the member of the Work and Pensions Committee, along with contact details.

Thanks for those names and contact details I will be e-mailing and let you know if I receive any sort of reply-)

All4Emma,
you stated

Grayling receiving payments from several companies bidding for workfare contracts. Whistles are being blown, we have corroborating evidence, testimony from witnesses, and a significantly detailed paper trail.

I cannot comment much further until certain documents have been authenticated beyond a reasonable doubt. Once that process is complete all the available evidence will be uploaded for public scrutiny, and sent to relevant parties in government.

Well, that’s explosive enough. Not only would Grayling lose his ministerial job and his parliamentary seat, he’d be facing a spell at Her Majesty’s Pleasure. Might IDS himself be implicated in this? And, given Cameron’s past associations with Coulson and Brooks, and his present Cruddas-related woes, could his premiership survive yet another scandal?

Please tell me what exactly it will take to shame this most corrupt of Parliaments?
There is nothing it won’t say or do in order to ram through a whole host of fascist policies,many of which have been partially,or wholly,implemented before they are even on the statute books.
All of this with the aid of the contemptible FibDems & a compliant & supine Labour opposition.
Nothing,short of an insurrection,is going to stop these bastards.

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